Council Membership

Council Membership
* Director

Melinda Ailes
Senior Management Counselor
Mass. Small Business Dev. Center

Paul Allen
President
New Bedford Internet

Carl Alves
Grant Administrator
City of New Bedford

David Alves
Councilor-at-Large
City of New Bedford

Lisa Schmid Alvord
Executive Director
Our Sisters’ School

Lasse Antonsen
Director, University Art Gallery
UMass Dartmouth

Maureen Armstrong
President, CEO
Sylvia & Co. Insurance Agency, Inc.

Diane Arsenault
Executive Director
Downtown New Bedford, Inc.

Dagny Ashley
Group Tour Manager/Conference Coordinator
Mass Office of Travel and Tourism

Ann Auger
Vice President, Commercial Lending
Citizens-Union Savings Bank

Blair Bailey
Tax Title Attorney
City of New Bedford

Anthony Baird
Asst. Director Career Resource Center
UMass Dartmouth

Nia Barros
Chairperson, Community Economic
Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, Inc.

Clyde Barrow
Executive Director
Center for Policy Analysis
UMass Dartmouth

Paul Barton
Chairman, Marketing Committee
New Bedford Regional Airport Commission

Wendy Bauer
Director of Marketing & Planning
St. Anne’s Hospital

Lisa Bergson
Executive Director
Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE
(WHALE)

Howard Berke
Executive Chairman
Konarka Industries

Gail Berman-Martin
Director
Career Services
UMass Dartmouth

Roz Bernheimer
Board Member
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society

Warren Berube
Executive Director
Global Learning Charter Public School
Retired

Lee Blake
Director
SouthCoast Education Compact
UMass Dartmouth

George Block
Vice President/Chief Engineer
Tibbetts Engineering Corp.

Linda Bodenmann
Chief Operating Officer
Southcoast Hospitals Group

David Borges
Assistant Director of Center for
Policy Analysis
UMass Dartmouth

Paula Botelho
Vice President
Commercial Lending Officer
SE Economic Development Corp.

Bob Bowen
Assoc. Professor Environmental,
Costal and Ocean Sciences
UMass Dartmouth

Celia Brito
Owner, Celia’s Boutique
Member, NBRA

Eric Britto
President
True Bounce

Gary Brown
Superintendent – Director
Old Colony Regional Vocational
Technical High School

Adam Buck
Managing Partner
Rope Works

Irene Buck
Executive Director
Artworks!

Laurie Bullard
Recreational Boating Consultant
Harbor Development Commission

William Burns
Chief of Staff, Mayor’s Office
City of New Bedford

David Burt, Jr.
Manager
AT&T Mobile Store

Bart Bussnick
Managing Partner, Boston
Common Investments LLC

David Cabral
Director, New Business Development
Five Star Surgical

Richard Canastra
President
Whaling City Auction

Richard Cardoza
Owner
Cardoza’s Liquors

Shelley Cardoos
Coordinator
New Bedford Open Studios

Michael Carreiro
President
Southeast Massachusetts Building
Trades Council

Phil Carvallo
Owner
Beaumont Sign Company

Pat Cassan
Director of Administration
Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport

George Charbonneau
Artistic Director
Festival Theatre

John Clark
Assistant Vice President
Rockland Trust

Mary Lou Clarke
Assistant Superintendent
Dartmouth Public Schools

Lynn Coish
Chair
Operation Clean Sweep

Len Coriaty
Executive Director
Greater New Bedford Workforce
Investment Board, Inc.

Kate Corkum
Executive Director
Rotch-Jones-Duff House and
Garden Museum

Paul Correia
Senior Vice President
Employment and Training Division

Dan Costa
Treasurer
Community Economic Development
Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, Inc.

Scott Costa
Treasurer
Bufftree Building Company

Keri Cox
Owner
mediumstudio

Chuck Dade
Developer

Tom Davis
Executive Director
Greater New Bedford Industrial
Foundation

William Davis *
President & CEO
Ze-gen, Inc.

Kristin Decas
Executive Director
New Bedford Harbor Development
Commission

David DeJesus
Vice President, Human Resources
SouthCoast Hospitals

Jennifer Dekkers
Director of Sales
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott

Yolanda Dennis
Diversity Analyst
Equal Opportunity, Diversity & Outreach

Marianne DeSouza
Director of Public Health
City of New Bedford

John Devillars
Managing Partner
Blue Wave Strategies

Michael DeVos
Managing Partner, Boston
Common Investments, LLC

Peter DeWalt
President
Reynolds DeWalt

Kathy Dinneen
Director
New Bedford Art Museum

Robert Dubiel
Acushnet Co.
Retired

Katherine Duff
Owner
Studio of Architecture and Art

Lisa Dunaway
Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent
New Bedford Public Schools

Scott Durkee
Director, Energy Office
City of New Bedford

Craig Dutra *
Executive Director
Community Foundation of
Southeastern Massachusetts

Ana C. Dyer
Senior Vice President & Regional
Manager
Webster Bank

Timothy H. Dyer
President
Dyer Capital Management, Inc.

Mark Eisenberg
CEO
NATCO

Todd Eisenberg
Partner
Tofias, P.C.

Christian Farland
Principal Engineer, President
Thompson Farland

John Farrington
Dean, SMAST
UMass Dartmouth

Gary Fealy
Vice President
BankFive

John Fernandes
Director, Science & Engineering Center
UMass Dartmouth

Michael Fernandes
President & CEO
Polyneer

David J. Ferreira
Executive Director
MAVA Field Office

Jenny Fialho
Vice President / Sales Manager
Millennium bcpbank
Member, NBRA

Horace Field
McCullough Building

Tom Flanagan
Director
SouthCoast Community Collaborative
Design Studio

Byron Ford, Jr.
Realtor
Weichert Realtors

Brenda Francis
President/CEO
New Directions Southcoast

 Mary Louise Francis
Superintendent
New Bedford Public Schools

Nicholas Francis
Owner
Francis Photography

Nancy Freeman
Assistant to the Dean
SMAST
UMass Dartmouth

Alan C. Freitas
President
Priority Management
Boston Training, Inc.

Stephen Fulchino
Library Director
New Bedford Free Public Library

Richard Gamache
COO/CFO
Julius Koch USA, Inc.

Avijit Gangopadhyay
Associate Dean
SMAST
UMass Dartmouth

Nilsa Garcia-Rey
Administrator
Gallery X, Inc.

Robert Gardner, President Bayline Inc.
Boatyard and Transportation

John Garfield, Jr.
Acting Executive Director
New Bedford Whaling Museum

Jeff Glassman
President
Darn It!

Sarah Gonet
Vice President of Resource
Development
United Way of Greater New Bedford

Jane Gonsalves
City Council
City of New Bedford

Helen Granger
Creative Director
High Road Marketing and Com.

Barbara Grunkemeyer *
Financial Consultant
Promontory Financial Group

Angappa Gunasekaran
Assistant Professor, Dept of
Decision and Information Sciences
Charlton School of Business
UMass Dartmouth

Hannah Haines
Creative Director, Principal
mediumstudio

William Hall
Chef
Mar-Lees Seafood, LLC

Pauline Hamel
Project Coordinator
Mass in Motion

Sister Kathleen Harrington
Executive Director
John Boyd Child Care Center

Jennifer Hausladen
Board Member
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society

Peter Hawes
President
Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE
(WHALE)

Diann Haynes
Administrative Services Manager
New Directions

Lee Heald
Program Director
AHA!

James Henry
Attorney
Henry Law Office
Board Member, NBRA

Rick Hess
President
Konarka Industries

Nelson Hockert-Lotz
Owner
Domino’s Pizza

Pamela Holmes
Board Member
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society

Peter Hughes
Chief Technology Officer
Vectrix LLC

Deborah Hynes
Photographer, Office of Tourism
City of New Bedford

Elizabeth Isherwood
President
Moore and Isherwood
Communications Inc.

Harry Jacobvitz
Owner
Bush Quality Cleaners

Jeanine James
Owner
New England Demolition & Salvage

Linda Johannsen
Consultant

Emily Johns
Artist
Dream Braids

Eddie Johnson
Dispatcher
ABC Disposal

Russell Kandalaft
Owner
Freestones City Grill

Peter Kavanaugh
President
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries

Robert Kaye
Senior Vice President,
Planning & Development
MassDevelopment

Hank Keene
General Manager
Edson Corp.

Katherine Knowles
Executive Director
The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center

Tony Kopaczewski
President
South End Business Association

Alan Korolenko
Artistic Director
GNB Summerfest Folk Festival

Helene Korolenko
Artistic Director
GNB Summerfest Folk Festival

Richard Lafrance
President
Lafrance Hospitality Co.

Edward Lambert, Jr.
Director, Center for Policy Analysis
UMass Dartmouth

Jay Lanagan
Vice President
Atlantis Mortgage Corporation

Scott W. Lang *
Mayor
City of New Bedford

William Langbauer
Executive Director
Buttonwood Park Zoo

Laurence Langlois
MIS Deparment
City of New Bedford

Kim Lannigan
CFO
Mar-Lees Seafood, LLC

Patrick Lee
Principal Executive Vice President
Trinity Financial, Inc

Lisa Lemieux
Organizer
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

Ray Letourneau
Attorney
Counsel, NBRA

Kate Levin
Artist/Owner
Crowell’s Fine Art

Terrance Lewis
President
TGL Consulting
Board Member, NBRA

Craig Lindell
President
Aquapoint Industries

Ed Lobo
General Manager
Aerovox

Ann Marie Lopes
Film Liaison
City of New Bedford

James Lopes
Attorney
Law Office of James J. Lopes

Joseph Lopes
City Councilor
City of New Bedford

Anne Louro
Historic Preservation Planner
City of New Bedford

James Lydon
Senior Vice President
Economic Development
MassDevelopment

Thomas F. Lyons
President & CEO
BankFive

Dr. Jean F. MacCormack
Chancellor
UMass Dartmouth

Jill MacLean
Assistant City Planner
City of New Bedford

Armand Marchand
Executive Director and Founder
Festival Theatre

Helena Marques
Executive Director
Immigrants’ Assistance Center

Anne Marshall
Communication and Marketing Specialist

Jennifer Marshall
SEEAL Coordinator
Southeastern Environmental
Education Alliance

Hank Mastey
Member
New Bedford Cultural Council

Peggi Medeiros
Research Historian
The Wamsutta Club

Roseanne Medeiros
Board Chairman
North End Business Association

Jennifer Menard
Executive Director
SouthCoast Development Partnership
UMass Dartmouth

Michael Metzler
Executive Director, Leadership SouthCoast
Consultant, Metzler Consulting

Joseph Michaud
Attorney
Henry & Michaud, Attorneys at Law

Jonathan Miller
Director and Entrepreneur in Resident
Advanced Technology and Mnfg. Center
UMass Dartmouth

Linda Morad
City Councilor, City of New Bedford
Director, North End Business Association

Bruce Morell
President, P.A.C.E.

Gregory Morton
Owner
Morton Catering

Arthur Motta
Sr. Director of Marketing and Communications
New Bedford Whaling Museum

Peter Muise
Executive Vice President & COO
First Citizen’s Federal Credit Union

Carol Murchie
Finance Manager
Inter-Church Council of
Greater New Bedford

Jim Muse
Developer
New Bedford Realty

Roy Nascimento
President & CEO
New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce

Joseph Nauman *
Executive Vice President
Corporate & Legal
Acushnet Company

Jon Nelson
Owner
Capital Building & Theater

Jennifer Nersesian
Superintendent, New Bedford Whaling
National Historical Park

Joan Ann Niles
CEO
Bristol County Blueprint Company

Mary Louise Nunes
President
Mary Louise Nunes, CPA

Donna O’Connor
Business Development Specialist
U.S. Small Business Association

Gregory O’Donnell
Vice President
Citizens-Union Savings Bank

Beatriz Oliveira
NB360.com

David Oliveira
President, Federal Relations Group
The Liberty Square Group

Laura Orleans
Director
Working Waterfront Festival

Julie Doherty Pagano
Manager
Seastreak/MV Ferry

Jennifer Palmer
Executive Director
Your Theatre, Inc

Peter Paull, Jr.
Attorney
Board Member,NBRA

Kevin T. Pelland
Chairman
Downtown New Bedford, Inc.

Edward Perreira
Account Representative
WNBH

Susan Peterson
Teal Partners

Stephen Pettey
Headmaster
Nativity Preparatory School

Carol Pimentel *
Director of Internal Audit & Admin.
Services (Retired)
UMass Dartmouth

Penny Pimentel
Former Board Member
Mass Cultural Council

Jeff Pontiff
Owner
Pontiff Realty

David Prentiss
President & CEO
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra

Peter Quigley
CEO
Fiberspar Corp.

Roger Race
General Manager
Brooke Ocean Technology (USA) Inc.

Dan Rafferty
Vice President Business Development
Natural Currents LLC

Fatima Rapoza
Vice President
Millenium bcpbank

Mark Rasmussen
Executive Director
The Coalition for Buzzards Bay

Gary Rego
Vice President, Commercial Lending
St. Anne’s Credit Union

Donald Rei
Vice President
Local 1357 Steelworkers (USW)

Ronald F. Rheaume
New England Regional Council of
Carpenters Local Union 1305

Carl Ribeiro
Chairman
Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation

Anthony Riccitelli
Vice President, Commercial Lending
Citizens Bank

Betty Riveira
Executive Director
South End Business Association

Mark Rodgers
Communications Director
Cape Wind Associates

Cynthia Rodrigues
The Greater Southeastern
Massachusetts Labor Council

Catherine Rollins
Policy Aide
Office of the Mayor
City of New Bedford

Terri Romanovitch
Dean of the New Bedford Campus
Bristol Community College

Dan Romanowicz, Jr.
Senior Project Manager
New Bedford Housing Authority

Bernard Roth
Management Consultant

Dr. Brian Rothschild
Montgomery Charter Professor of Marine Science, SMAST
UMass Dartmouth

James Russell
Executive Director
New Bedford Whaling Museum

Peter Russell
Owner
M&R Screen Printing, Inc.

Jay Ryan
Senior Vice President/Manager
Webster Bank

Ricardo Santos
Owner
Romao Santos Architects

Sandra Santos
Artist/Graphic Design

Anthony Sapienza *
CEO
JA Apparel Corp.

Denn Santoro
High Road Marketing and
Communications

John Sbrega
President
Bristol Community College

David Scherer
Director of Development
Acorn Management

Gary Schyuler
Executive Director, YMCA

Peter Selley *
Vice President
Bristol County Savings Bank

Steve Shareck
Coordinator, Arts, Communication and
Consumer Services
Greater NB Regional Vocational
Technical High School

Michael Shea
Superintendent
Greater NB Regional Vocational
Technical High School

Dave Sheehan
UMass Dartmouth

Richard Shepard
Architect
S/Q Design Associates

Debra Shrader
Director
Shore Support, Inc.

Steve Shuster
President
Shuster Corp.

Calvin Siegal
Senior Board Advisor
New Bedford Whaling Museum

Andrew Simpson
Sales Director
Riversand Technologies, Inc.

Charles N. Sisson
Executive Director
Coastline Elderly Services

David Slutz
President & CEO
Precix

Mark Smith
Executive Director
Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport

Steve Smith
Executive Director
Southeastern Regional Planning
and Economic Development District
(SRPEDD)

James F. Snow
Director of Organizing
Painters & Allied Trades
District Council No. 35

Carol Steinfeld
Ecovita

Raymond Suprenant
President
Davico Mfg.

James Sweeney
President
CCI Energy, LLC

Ronald Teachman
Chief of Police
City of New Bedford

Lou Teixeira
Vice President, Commercial Lending
MassDevelopment

Joe Thomas
Publisher
Spinner Publications

Adrian R. Tio
Dean, College of Visual and
Performing Arts
UMass Dartmouth

Ercan Tirtiroglu
Prof. of Decision Sciences and
Operations Management
UMass Dartmouth

Richard Toomey
General Counsel and
Executive Vice President
Sovereign Bank

Rick Trapilo
General Manager
C.P. Bourg, Inc.

Desa VanLaarhoven
Executive Director
Marion Institute

Anthony Vieira
Executive Director
Professional and Continuing Education
UMass Dartmouth

Maria Vieira
Human Resource Director
Riverside Manufacturing Company

Paul L. Vigeant *
Assistant Chancellor
Economic Development
UMass Dartmouth

William J. Villineau
Director of Housing and Conference
Services
Marine Biological Laboratory

Randall Weeks, Jr.
Partner
Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP

Neil Weiss
President
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.

David F. Westgate
Quequechan Management Corporation

Robert Wheeler
CEO & President
American Insulated Wire Company

Steve White
Professor, Charlton School of Business
UMass Dartmouth

Corinn Williams
Executive Director
Community Economic Development
Center of Southeastern Mass., Inc.

Gloria Williams
Director
P.A.C.E. Youthbuild

Anne Wolfe
New Bedford Cultural Council

Gordon Wolfe
Consulting Services

William Wurm
Systems Analyst
People’s Credit Union

Lisa Yates
Executive Director
Our Sisters’ School

Matt Zenni
Director of Business Development
Tibbetts Engineering Corp.